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Still Standing

Trump reassures crowd after assassination attempt fails.

Tempt Them with Tastier Foods: Second Printing

The second printing of Tempt Them with Tastier Foods contains several newly-discovered Eddie Doucette recipes, as well as an interview with the chef’s son, Eddie Doucette III.

Term limits, incumbency, and the permanent state

Much of what comes under the name “term limits” today seems more likely to strengthen the bureaucratic state than weaken it. Term limits are being co-opted by the permanent state to weaken the power of elections to change the system.

A Centennial Meal for the Sestercentennial

How did Americans in 1876 celebrate the centennial culinarily? Some of their recipes are surprisingly modern, and some are unique flavors worthy of resurrecting.

Summer Ices Part Three: A Trilogy of Frozen Desserts

In what is rapidly becoming a new tradition, here are two more ice creams plus an icy sorbet to help cool your summer in 2024.

Kolchak: The Wrong Goodbye (a Daredevils adventure)

Kolchak and crew investigates strange murders during the 1976 Christmas season. Inspired by “real” Soviet research as reported in UFO magazines of the era.

Roundup of Reactions to the Democrat’s Latest Corrupt Lawfare

There can be no comity in the face of corruption the size of New York’s and DC’s. Lawfare is war, and it must be treated like war.

How un-Christian is the prosperity gospel?

While I find the prosperity gospel of people like Joel Osteen weird, and am vaguely uncomfortable with it, it does contain an important teaching about God that we often forget: God answers prayers.

The Full Face of V: In Your Hands

The real story in all of Moore’s books is what happens after the final page. This is most obvious in Watchmen, but every one of these books highlights an uncertain future.

Apple’s FiVe Minute Crush

Between 1984 and 2024, Apple’s advertising has gone from ridiculing 1984 to being 1984.